Monsters and Myths Surrealism and War in the 1930s And 1940s |
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| Editor:
| Shell, Oliver
Tostmann, Oliver |
| Contribution by:
| Greeley, Robin Adele
Kavky, Samantha |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8478-6313-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Monsters and Myths: Surrealism and War is a pioneering exploration of the Surrealist movement in the United States and Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, a pivotal period in which artists were responding to the turmoil of war. Artists such as Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, and André Masson, who, during the 1920s, had staked their revolutionary hopes on the very denial of rationalism, now felt called upon to respond to the repression and violence that attended the rise of...
More Description Monsters and Myths: Surrealism and War is a pioneering exploration of the Surrealist movement in the United States and Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, a pivotal period in which artists were responding to the turmoil of war. Artists such as Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, and André Masson, who, during the 1920s, had staked their revolutionary hopes on the very denial of rationalism, now felt called upon to respond to the repression and violence that attended the rise of Hitler, the spread of fascism, and the onset of brutal hostilities, first in the Spanish Civil War and then in World War II. Monstrosities in the real world bred monsters on the canvas, in sculpture, on the screen, and in the pages of artists' books.